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David Selby interviewed by Catherine Johnson in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
Bib ID 587527
Format AudioAudio, OnlineOnline [sound recording]
Author
Selby, D. M. (David Mayer), 1906-, Interviewee
 
Online Versions
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1987 Nov. 17 
2 sound cassettes (ca. 75 min.) : 1 7/8 ips. 
Series

NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.

Summary

Born in Melbourne, Selby speaks of his parents' background; father's employment and business importing scientific equipment; family moving from Melbourne to Sydney in 1912; living in various suburbs; school memories; family life; family cook, maid, meals; family values; home in Wahroonga; childhood games; family home in Gordon; parents travelling overseas; recreation; family outings; religion and family's Jewishness; attending University from 1924, lecturers, course work, university life, social life; family reading and reading as a young man; sister studying medicine; studying law after completion of Arts degree, lecturers and course work; experiences working as an articled clerk; going to the Bar during the Depression; working as a lawyer.

Notes

Includes index.

Recorded by the NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project, funded by a bicentennial grant to the NSW Council on the Ageing and the Oral History Association of Australia (NSW).

Also available online via the Internet at: http:/­/­nla.gov.au/­nla.oh-vn587527

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available: 2 v. (32 p., 5 p.) 
Subjects Selby, D. M. - (David Mayer), - 1906- - Interviews.  |  University of Sydney - Students.  |  Lawyers - New South Wales - Biography.  |  Older people - New South Wales - Biography.  |  Sydney (N.S.W.) - Social conditions - 1901-1945.
Other authors/contributors Johnson, Catherine, Interviewer  |  N.S.W. Council on the Ageing  |  Oral History Association of Australia. N.S.W. Branch  |  NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project

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ORAL TRC 2301/162
Copy: Recording
Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
ORAL TRC 2301/162 (transcript)
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Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)

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